Clean-up under way after 'dramatic' flood in south London

Residents of Herne Hill in south London wake up to find a "boating lake" on
their doorsteps after a water main burst, affecting between 30 and 50
houses, all of which are thought to have basements which may be flooded.

2:48PM BST 07 Aug 2013

Streets in the Herne Hill area of south London were underwater after a large water main burst at around 5am.

Vehicles could be seen stranded in the floodwater, which spread over a radius of more than 100m (110yd).

Bruce Gain from Brixton Fire Station said between 30 and 50 houses were affected, many of them with basements.

"To be honest we have had other floodings in London but this was excepionally large.

"From the outside it's like looking at a boating lakes, albeit you had car roofs sticking out the top of it, " he said.